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The dividend of NOK 20 per share will be distributed to all shareholders as of 9 May 2005. The total dividend amounts to NOK 100 million. The company´s shares will be traded ex-dividend with effect from 10 May, and it is expected that the dividend will be distributed on 26 May.
Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer and Halvor Stenstadvold were elected new members of the Board of Oslo Børs Holding ASA. Knut Norheim Kjær had decided not to take re-election to the Board. Olaug Svarva and Svein Støle were re-elected as members of the Board of Oslo Børs Holding ASA. The other members of the board were not due for re-election.
Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer was born in 1965. She holds the position as Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer at Rieber & Søn. She has a Master of Science from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. She has previously held positions in Paal Wilson Management AS, chief of staff and later vice president in Citibank International plc, head of the Norwegian branch of Nautopolis.com, and as investment banker in Pareto Securities ASA in Bergen. At present she is a Board Member of Vesta Forsikring and Fana Sparebank, and is a member of the Control Committee for Storebrand Bank.
Halvor Stenstadvold was born in 1944. He is a member of the Executive Board of Orkla ASA, and is responsible for and chairman of the Board of Directors of Orkla Media. He has a Master of Political Science from the University of Oslo. Previous working experience includes a position as a research assistant at the University of Oslo, consultant and later head of communications at Norges Industriforbund, chairman of the county council of Bærum, state secretary in the Ministry of Internal Administration and a general manager of Kreditkassen. At present he is a Board Member of Storebrand ASA, Statkraft and Carema AB.
The Election Committee was of the opinion that two new members should be recommended for election this year; in particular considering the continuity of the Board of Directors and that the election in 2006 will require a new chairman to be elected. These considerations have in total led to the Committee recommending that the Board of Directors be enlarged with one Board Member up to the election in 2006.
The Board of Directors is then as follows:
Harald Norvik, Chairman
Kristin Normann
Georg Størmer
Svein Støle
Olaug Svarva
Ottar Ertzeid
Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer
Halvor Stenstadvold
